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望眼欲穿

wàng yǎn yù chuān

4-character word

What 望眼欲穿 means

1. to anxiously await

The characters in 望眼欲穿

• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 眼yǎneye; (often used with 一; small hole
• 欲yùdesire; appetite; passion
• 穿chuānto bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to go through (e.g. a tunnel)…

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